Snider v. Lyons

VAN ORSDEL, Associate Justice.

Appellee, plaintiff below, sued appellant in the municipal court of this District upon an account stat*933ed claiming interest from August 1, 1916. A judgment was recovered, with interest from August 28, 1916. On appeal to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, a jury found for plaintiff, with interest from August 1, 1916.

Defendant moved for a new trial upon the ground that there was no evidence that an account had been stated on August 1, 1916. Plaintiff filed a remittitur of the interest from August 1 to 28, 1916, whereupon defendant moved an arrest of…